(a) How can the members of TLC take our work beyond this group? Specifically, how can the members of TLC work together to provide leadership and support in refining teaching and enhancing student learning beyond our own classrooms?
Subject area leaders could coordinate workshops that highlight best practices among us (highlight our internal experts).
Wine and Cheese Gatherings as venue?
(b) How can we (as TLC) leverage the SummitPD ning as one venue for addressing the question above?
Should we create dedicated spaces on the ning by subject area?
This could be a great area for featuring external resources and expertise.
What is the easiest way to get to the ning?
(c) How can we (as TLC) support colleagues in seeing their own best practices (as defined and exemplified by research we are reading) as well as in visiting the classrooms of colleagues with the goal of seeing their best practices ?
Everyone should teach another person's class once a year.
Everyone could arrange an exchange with a team teaching model.
(b) How can we (as TLC) leverage the SummitPD ning as one venue for addressing the question above?
(c) How can we (as TLC) support colleagues in seeing their own best practices (as defined and exemplified by research we are reading) as well as in visiting the classrooms of colleagues with the goal of seeing their best practices ?